why did moses need to go to the mountian to recieve the 10 comandments . why didnt god just give them to him in frount of evry one ..... it seems in most religions there is someone god talks to in secret they never seem to have any witnesses that god really did talk to them .... that seems to cause doubt ...the secretcy ... it says god is no respector of persons....so why dont god just tell us what he wants us to know or at least tell the chosen ones while we r with them so we can witness it is true and not have to guess or wonder about their motives the bible says for us not to put our faith in man
2007-01-11 16:19:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's just mithology. It didnt really happen. Its a tale based on some very distorted truth. If Moses existed he probably was some kind of freedom fighter, not some shmuch with a stick causing natural disasters. Ive always wonder why people read the Bible as if it was a detailed historic account. And sorry, but it seems to convenient that the same people that wrote the old testament are the one`s that come out as god's favorites. I dont buy that. He either loves of all or none but dont give me this preferencial crap
2007-01-11 16:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by KULCAT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he wanted to draw Moses away so that the people would build the Golden Calf, an Egyptian idol. The Jews frequently would fall into such disobedience, so by drawing Moses away God reveals to us how rebellious the Jews are. They're a stubborn people. I don't know why he didn't chose someone else to be his people, the Greeks or the English, but I can't argue long.
2007-01-12 00:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the Book of Exodus and you'll see that God did many tremendous miracles in the sight of all the Israelites, and of many Egyptians.
After God gave Moses the commandmentsm he even invited Moses and all the elders of the tribes up to the top of Mt. Sinai for a nice lunch.
Read the Bible to see all that God personally accomplished in the sight of Israel.
2007-01-12 02:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have been asking similar questions. I have worked out that Moses needed privacy to write the commandments. He said they were from god to give them authority.
And if the bible is god's word, why is it so damned ambiguous. Surely he would have wanted to make it clear to everyone that he is god and god is the boss. Seems to me that the logic that applied to Moses also applies to the bible
2007-01-12 00:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The simple answer is that God anted it that way... God makes the rules...mankind dose not... For those who went out in the desert from Egypt... God required acts of faith.... he had His reasons.... God delt with The Nation of Israel differently than He now deals with The Church... God deals with each individualy now... we of The Church are not to rely on any man to tellus what to "believe" or what "traditions" to follow... We of The Faith are to be open to the leading of The Holy Spirit to guide our personal study of God's Word and Will for each of us individualy...but.... God makes the rules.... it is the obligation of those of The Church to try as best we can to play by God's rules.
2007-01-12 00:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there was no slate (or other stone) in the desert or wilderness that Moses and his followers were traveling through.
And, going to the mountain was just a good excuse to "get away from the crowd" in order to write the "laws" that Moses wanted to instruct his followers to obey.
And finally, as we hear in modern times, "why do you go to the mountain?" "Because it's there, my dear."
2007-01-12 00:33:43 · answer #6 · answered by salty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More dramatic, I guess. God probably thought it would make a bigger impression.
Why didn't Frodo just ride one of the Giant Eagles and drop the ring into the volcano while the rest of them distracted Sauron?
2007-01-12 00:22:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put it this way: If G-d himself were to tell the Hebrews the commandments, they really wouldn't listen or they couldn't handle his glory. Whenever Moshe talked with G-d, he had to fall on his face so as to not look upon the glory.
2007-01-12 04:51:22 · answer #8 · answered by Stargazer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
recognition fame and wealth ... why do people still worship the golden calf in new form like oil and big commerce. tell you a secret there is no god other than the imagination .
peace out
2007-01-12 00:24:17 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so he could be alone. The isrealites were afraid of seeing God, he had to go up to the mountain alone!
2007-01-12 04:13:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋